Science news articles about 'bad actor'

... biofilm formation. "By adding that hydroxyl group and making the 7-hydroxyindole, we turn off the bacterium's ability to talk. We short-circuit the bacterium, and it becomes less of a bad actor."

New evidence in mice bolsters the notion that a version of a gene earlier shown to protect lean people against weight gain and insulin resistance can have the opposite effect in those who eat a high- ...

... inflammatory damage to the airways of people with cystic fibrosis. "Neutrophils appear to be particularly bad actors in cystic fibrosis," said Dr. Karp. "They are important to the immune system's ...

... damage to the airways of people with cystic fibrosis. "Neutrophils appear to be particularly bad actors in cystic fibrosis," said senior investigator Christopher Karp, M.D., the director of ...